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For example:

Black Americans put forth a simple demand that we, and ideally everybody else, not be executed by armed members of the state without trial. In a word: equality. Liberals can't answer that demand because it is antithetical to their project of maintaining the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. Instead they give a bunch of shit that nobody asked for which annoys everyone and the right wing of liberalism is able to capitalize on that annoyance to generate a backlash to a demand that was never met.

Instead of dealing with the scourge of killer cops, the democrats kneeled in Kente cloth. This did nothing for Black people and only served to fuel the grievance of white people. Instead of dealing with the effects of redlining, the liberal hegemony got rid of Aunt Jemima. This did nothing for Black people and only served to fuel the grievance of white people. Instead of dismantling white supremacy, the liberals coopted, recuperated, and sheepdogged every movement they could while stoking dissatisfaction and grievance that was then blamed on the "far left"

In essence, the "far left" was blamed for the tactics the liberals used to suppress us.

This pattern can be seen across what are now being attacked by the leadership of the democrat party as "groups"

Whether it be women, queer people, black people, the dreaded "Latinx" (remember that "discourse"?), trans people, disabled people, or any other marginalized group: we asked for equality. Liberals can't answer that demand because it is antithetical to their project of maintaining the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. Instead they give a bunch of shit that nobody asked for which annoys everyone and the right wing of liberalism is able to capitalize on the annoyance to generate a backlash to a demand that was never met.

As a result, the left wing of capital can convince itself that it needs to move even further right to win because the spectacle of them fighting against the actual left caused them to do stupid shit that nobody liked that was unpopular and they blame on the actual left whereas the right wing of capital can point at the stupid shit that nobody liked as proof that they are being oppressed by the mere existence of the stupid shit that nobody liked.

The ratchet only turns one way.

(where i am, its like 70 degrees fahrenheit at the lowest , usually 80-90, but can get up to 100s)

I have written all sorts of articles on Gothic Charm School about this! The most recent one is from ... good lord, 2018, which means I need to find the energy and focus to write an updated one.

Anyway, here's the link!

The first track is an interpolation of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with a breakdown that made me yell "let's fucking go" out loud (3:25-4:01). The fourth song begins with a sound that can only be described as renaissance fair metal (12:08-13:00). By the penultimate song they are purely messing with you, they're jumping into hardstyle for no apparent reason (19:30-20:10). And then their last track is an 8-minute long piece about insomnia which made me feel real, physical fear (20:58-25:00) before turning into a somber piano solo. I don’t even know how to describe some of this properly, there are moments where it doesn’t even sound like music anymore, it sounds like someone is doing surgery on your brain

Mare - MIRAR

Rachma - 0:00

Rose Bonbon - 4:52

Hestehov - 8:50

Franka - 12:08

Oslo - 17:24